Oak trees can produce pulsed, synchronous and large seed yields; a phenomena coined “masting”. Among the diversity of trees in northeastern forests, mast events from northern red oak (Quercus rubra) have been linked to wildlife demographics. In years of surplus seeds, oak species may satiate granivores and thus enhanced germination rates occur in those years. Variation in annual...

Oak trees can produce pulsed, synchronous and large seed yields; a phenomena coined “masting”. Among the diversity of trees in northeastern forests, mast events from northern red oak (Quercus rubra) have been linked to wildlife demographics. In years of surplus seeds, oak species may satiate granivores and thus enhanced germination rates occur in those years. Variation in annual...

Public Health, New Haven,
Connecticut (Joshua L. Warren); and Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina (MarcPeterson).
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